Ear Protection - Poll

vivadeluxxe · Post by **vivadeluxxe** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:15 pm

I use these -

The're about Â£12 but pretty good, they let a fair amount of frequencies thru and don't sound too muffled...

When I was playing in a band regularly, I'd normally just gage it at the time when deciding whether to to put them in or not... altho if a was doing a quite few rehearsals and gigs in the space of a week, then I'd normally stick em in whatever the volumes...

Altho you should do what you can to minimise it, you're gonna have to accept that you're gonna receive a certain amount of damage to you hearing over the years if you want to be involved in performing live music..

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:13 pm

The bass player in my band refuses to wear hearing protection, so I decided I'd show him how deaf he'll be some day by bringing my decibel meter to practice and show him. We play loud, the meter reads 120 decibels! We practice once a week for 2 or more hours easy. The took a measurement of just the drummer and it was 110 decibels, and my amp and the ohter guitar players amp was putting out 120 decibels, along with the bass, it was nuts! According to a hearing guide you'll start losing your hearing after 15 mins!!!!!!

He claims he can hear fine, but when he was our singer he sang way off key so bad! and when we are in restuarants he talks so loud, but claims he doesn't. He'll be deaf and I'll laugh in his face when it happens, because I have told him a million times in the past 10 years to wear hearing protection but he wouldn't be punk if he did.

He's also the dumbass at practice that when we are talking he tells us that we don't have to shout, but doesn't realize we have ear plugs in.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:27 pm

There are areas at work where you're supposed to wear ear protection. Not everybody does, but they provide free earplugs as a result.

They have two types, blue soft foam ones, and ones that look identical to what doog posted, but with an extra bit (3 instead of 2). Both have a thin blue cord so you can take them out and just leave them around your neck.

I have maybe 10 pairs of the doog-esque ones at home, to use for things like this. But I just got a pair of Lightning Bolt-esqu ear defenders to use at work, and they're just mine to keep now. Rock.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:14 pm

Malik wrote:When I practice in a confined space I normally wear those big industrial ear defenders. They block out like most of the sound, but there's enough that comes through so you can hear what's going on. They're mainly useful because drummers just don't do quiet. Ever. And what's more when I use them the drum kit sounds fucking awesome anyway. Every hit is so defined, it kills most of the reverb so you get just the initial strikes. When you're playing the kit with ear defenders on, everything just sounds way cooler.

a) a cymbal only gets so quiet! I have to wear plugs now that im the drummer, which kind of sucks, especially when I'm trying to match a loop form the guitarist, and it kind of sucks to have the drums all muted in the ears, I can't really tell the differences in strokes, especially on my htick ride.

b) I sing at least 800000 times better with the industrial sound stopper headphones on?

c) I also do not wear them onstage.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:08 am

aen wrote: a) a cymbal only gets so quiet! I have to wear plugs now that im the drummer, which kind of sucks, especially when I'm trying to match a loop form the guitarist, and it kind of sucks to have the drums all muted in the ears, I can't really tell the differences in strokes, especially on my htick ride.

Could you run a DI out from your guitarists pedals/amp into a little preamp and then into decent closedback headphones, so you can hear what he's doing AND reduce some of the drum volume?

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:12 am

i rarely use ear plugs, but that's primarily cause i'm an idiot.

aen · Post by **aen** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:47 am

Doog wrote:
aen wrote: a) a cymbal only gets so quiet! I have to wear plugs now that im the drummer, which kind of sucks, especially when I'm trying to match a loop form the guitarist, and it kind of sucks to have the drums all muted in the ears, I can't really tell the differences in strokes, especially on my htick ride.
Could you run a DI out from your guitarists pedals/amp into a little preamp and then into decent closedback headphones, so you can hear what he's doing AND reduce some of the drum volume?

We have discussed but not explored that. BUdget concerns also arise....

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:10 am

searching that plugs on brasil
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=421214

never found to sell

i using Gel ones ... like used for swim ...

Post by **Mike** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:37 am

vivadeluxxe wrote:I use these -

The're about Â£12 but pretty good, they let a fair amount of frequencies thru and don't sound too muffled...

When I was playing in a band regularly, I'd normally just gage it at the time when deciding whether to to put them in or not... altho if a was doing a quite few rehearsals and gigs in the space of a week, then I'd normally stick em in whatever the volumes...

Altho you should do what you can to minimise it, you're gonna have to accept that you're gonna receive a certain amount of damage to you hearing over the years if you want to be involved in performing live music..

My drummer uses dem.

Ear Protection - Poll

Do you use ear plugs?